High-resolution P-Cable 3D seismic imaging of gas chimney structures in gas hydrated sediments of an Arctic sediment drift

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1981-1994

  Petersen, Carl Jörg ^a   Bünz, Stefan ^a   Hustoft, Steinar ^a   Mienert, Jürgen ^a   Klaeschen, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Acoustic chimneys; Fluid flow; Gas hydrates; P Cable; Pockmarks

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; ACOUSTIC ANOMALIES; AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; FLUID DISCHARGE; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE RESERVOIR; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOSPHERES; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRO-FRACTURING; NEAR-SURFACE; P-CABLE; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; POCKMARKS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEISMIC IMAGING; SHALLOW GAS; SPACE AND TIME; SVALBARD;

CABLES; CHIMNEYS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PLUMBING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAS HYDRATES;

DISCHARGE; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMAGING METHOD; POCKMARK; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77957887009     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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